Ted

Ted is an English pet form of Edward or Edmund, both Old English names built on the element ead, meaning wealth or fortune, combined with either weard (guard) or mund (protector). The shortening arose through the medieval English habit of rhyming nicknames, by which Edward became Ed and then Ted, just as Richard became Rick and then Dick. The name has long stood independently and is associated with figures such as U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt, whose nickname Ted derived by a parallel route from the Greek name Theodoros, meaning gift of God. Related forms include Ned, Ed, Eddie, and the full names Edward, Edmund, and Theodore.